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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
HST.071: Human Reproductive Biology
Course Director: Professor Henry Klapholz
QUESTIONS FOR LECTURE ON TERMINATION OF
PREGNANCY
Saline abortion had been used to terminate pregnancies
a)
<10 weeks
b)
>15 weeks
c)
>20 weeks only
d)
<7 weeks
e)
none of the above
The annual abortion rate in the United States is approximately
a) 1,400,000
b) 300,000
c) 50,000
d) 5,000,000
e) 10,000,000
The most serious complication of saline abortion is______________________
First trimester abortions are generally performed using
a)
sharp currettage
b)
saline
c)
prostaglandins
d)
suction curretage
e)
oxytocin
Methotrexate may be used to terminate a pregnancy. This drug works as a
______________.
Mifepristone has the following property
a)
strong glucocorticoid receptor affinity
b)
weak progesterone receptor saffinity
c)
very intense androgen receptor affnity
d)
very strong estrogen receptor affinity
e)
all of the above
Misoprostol is
a)
PGF2alpha
b)
PGE1
c)
PGE2
d)
PGI
e)
PGD
A laminaria is made from
a)
synthetic material
b)
seaweed
c)
bark of the elm tree
d)
a and b
e)
a, b and c